Staff Profile

Career Summary

Biography

As Director of Strategy, Planning and Performance at the University of Newcastle, Associate Professor Anne Young leads a team that is responsible for coordinating strategic planning, business intelligence, reporting and analytics, quality assurance, institutional surveys and research and student load planning. Anne has a PhD in statistics, is on the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Expert Register and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Prior to her current role, she worked in health planning and as a teaching and research academic in statistics and epidemiology, with a focus on longitudinal studies and record linkage. Anne has a strong interest in using both quantitative and qualitative data to support evidence-based decision making and continuous improvement, particularly in relation to improving student retention and success. She established the Australian Network of University Planners with her peers in 2012 to facilitate discussion of topical issues and to highlight the expertise within the group to support and contribute to policy discussions, educational research and evaluation of strategies.

Qualifications

PhD, University of Newcastle, 10/12/1999

Bachelor of Mathematics (Honours), University of Newcastle, 28/04/1979

Graduate Diploma in Medical Statistics, University of Newcastle, 04/05/1984

Research

Research keywords

Quality Assurance

Teaching and Learning

Research expertise

Anne has a strong interest in using quantitative and qualitative institutional data to monitor performance and create reports that support effective decision making and continuous improvement. Her areas of specialisation include all aspects of the design, conduct and analysis of surveys and institutional research studies, particularly longitudinal studies and cohort analyses. Anne's teaching experience has included the preparation and delivery of a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in statistics, epidemiology and research methodology.

Appointments

visiting academic scholar Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Seattle and the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Washington (United States)

01/10/2002 - 01/06/2003

Awards

Recognition.

2000

EJG Pitman Award 15th Australian Statistical Conference in Adelaide (Australia)most outstanding talk by an early career statistician

Young AF, Dobson AJ, Byles JE, 'Women's Access to GPs: What do medicare and self-report data tell us?', Women's Health Australia: What do we know? What do we need to know? Progress on the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health 1995-2000, Australian Academic Press, Brisbane 54-59 (2001) [B1]

Young AF, Byles JE, Dobson AJ, 'Women's satisfaction with GP visits', Women's Health Australia: What do we know? What do we need to know? Progress on the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health 1995-2000, Australian Academic Press, Brisbane 43-48 (2001) [B1]

Brown WJ, Young AF, Byles JE, 'Mid-age women: a time of change', Women's Health Australia: What do we know? What do we need to know? Progress on the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health 1995-2000, Australian Academic Press, Brisbane 26-33 (2001) [B1]

Young AF, Dobson AJ, Byles JE, 'GP Visits: who goes?', Women's Health Australia: What do we know? What do we need to know? Progress on the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health 1995-2000, Australian Academic Press, Brisbane 60-62 (2001) [B1]

Adamson LR, Young AF, Byles JE, 'Recruiting for a longitudinal study: Who to choose, how to choose and how to enhance participation', International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches, 1 126-136 (2007) [C1]

Byles JE, Young AF, Furuya H, Parkinson L, 'A drink to healthy aging: The association between older women's use of alcohol and their health-related quality of life', Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 54 1341-1347 (2006) [C1]

Powers JR, Mishra G, Young AF, 'Differences in mail and telephone responses to self-rated health: use of multiple imputation in correcting for response bias', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 29 149-154 (2005) [C1]

Young AF, Russell A, Powers JR, 'The sense of belonging to a neighbourhood: can it be measured and is it related to health and well being in older women?', Social Science and Medicine, 59 2627-2637 (2004) [C1]

Powers JR, Young AF, Russell A, Pachana NA, 'Implications of non-response of older women to a short form of the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale', International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 57 37-54 (2003) [C1]

Young AF, Dobson A, Byles J, 'ACCESS AND EQUITY IN THE PROVISION OF GENERAL PRACTITIONER SERVICES FOR WOMEN IN AUSTRALIA', THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 24(5) 474-480 (2000) [C1]

Young AF, McConkey KM, 'Using institutional data to answer questions and inform decision making about student retention', Proceedings of the AAIR2010: Has Institutional Research Come of Age in Australia?, Geelong, VIC (2010) [E3]

2010

Aitken RJ, Young AF, McConkey KM, 'Projecting continuing student enrolments - A comparison of approaches', Proceedings of the AAIR2010: Has Institutional Research Come of Age in Australia?, Geelong, VIC (2010) [E3]

Young AF, McConkey KM, Kirby M, 'Student feedback surveys - an holistic approach to maximising their value to staff and students', Proceedings of the AAIR2010: Has Institutional Research Come of Age in Australia?, Geelong, VIC (2010) [E3]

Health care for women with diabetes living in rural areas: a longitudinal study of access to care and health outcomes$35,050Funding Body: Diabetes Australia

Analysis of the role of alcohol consumption in poor mental health among middle aged women in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health 1996-2004$30,091Funding Body: Australian Brewers Foundation